The advantage is that it's faster to prototype/write on the command line and usually ends up being less verbose (although potentially harder to read). It's easy to see what you're data is doing as you work with it and incrementally add pipes to new commands.
I like to use command line tools for for one-off tasks that I'm unlikely to repeat. If there's a task I know I'll need to repeat or is too cumbersome to do in a couple of lines, I'll reach for Python.
I like to use command line tools for for one-off tasks that I'm unlikely to repeat. If there's a task I know I'll need to repeat or is too cumbersome to do in a couple of lines, I'll reach for Python.